Art 305 - Art and Mass Culture » Summer 2020 » Baroque Quiz No. 4

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Question #1
The function of the French Royal Academy of Fine Arts was:
A.   all of these options
B.   to use painting as propaganda for the monarch's version of history
C.   to develop a complex curriculum based on a rationalistic philosophy
D.   to establish and maintain artistic standards
E.   none of these options
Question #2
The work of Italian Baroque artists Bernini, Caravaggio, and Gentileschi was characterized by:
A.   dramatic contrast between light and dark
B.   emotional intensity
C.   none of these options
D.   all of these options
E.   a focus on religious imagery
Question #3
The device known as the camera obscura is:
A.   a photographic process for developing film
B.   an object that used a box, a small hole, and plastic film
C.   none of these options
D.   all of these options
E.   a box with a small hole through which an image can be projected and traced
Question #4
During the Baroque period, the Catholic Church:
A.   emphasized the visual arts as a way to speak to the masses
B.   emphasized humor as a way to speak to the masses
C.   emphasized the printed text as a way to speak to the masses
D.   directed artists like Bernini to focus on real life to improve and uplift the image
E.   directed artists like Caravaggio to use everyday people as models in order to preserve human dignity
Question #5
Caravaggio’s dramatic shifting of the vanishing point, light source, and position of main characters brought the viewer:
A.   none of these options
B.   into the scene with psychological distance
C.   all of these options
D.   into the scene with boldness and psychological connection
E.   into the scene with emotional void
Question #6
French absolutist monarch Louis XIV endeavored to shift the mythic base of culture from:
A.   God to king
B.   God to humanistic naturalism
C.   all of these options
D.   none of these options
E.   God to science
Question #7
Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun was:
A.   known for her portraits
B.   all of these options
C.   none of these options
D.   one of the few female members of the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture
E.   the most celebrated woman artist of her time
Question #8
The term “propaganda” during this period:
A.   originated with Louis XIV’s propagating royalty through art
B.   originated with Gentileschi’s use of painting to spread faith through emotion and art
C.   originated with Caravaggio’s use of live models to spread humanism through art
D.   originated with Bernini’s use of architecture to propagate faith in Louis XIV
E.   originated with the Church’s propagating faith through art
Question #9
Jan Vermeer is known for his:
A.   all of these options
B.   portrayal of light and women in meditatively quiet interiors
C.   historical scenes of the conquests of monarchies of Northern Europe
D.   none of these options
E.   portraits of the Dutch king and his court
Question #10
The Counter Reformation was a response to:
A.   none of these options
B.   the audacity of Baroque period art
C.   the Protestant Reformation
D.   the austerity of Northern European art
E.   the Gothic Middle Ages

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